The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-12-23
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
WAsnixoToN, u. o.. Dec. Is. ~

OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WAsHlxorox. ID. q, Dec. Is. ies7
The Democratic policy. @ declar.aA-
Speaker Carlieie aud emphasized ~ y.
excellent message Of President Clss.
and. makes u certain that tariff revisit.
. only . question Of very short tina
the only doubt being q 20 what method.
should be employed 10 effect such lesis'
Ilation. Mr.. Clevelands tariG manlfss,.
Iis evidently his most popular aud prr.
Itical utterance, for Il has taken the Den.
liocraiic portion Of Congress by storm-
there being but few dissenting voIca
while II Il clear from the guarded ~
pressions OF Republican Congressmsn
| that there 10 imminent danger OF ~
disintegraiion Of that party. now IA,
III IL compelled 10 take an uneouivoe,,
pos ition on the one vital issue OF ,hs
Tim 60.
Mr.. Blaine's defiant deliverarce on tAs
message. as flashed from France. u taken
liz the capital a. virtually a personal a..
nouncement that the man from Maine |.
willing 10 enter the lists a. the sdvocals
OF high protective tariff against HE Old
adversary. IL Il further believed Tia,
Blaine has shire wdly scored two import.
ant preliminary victories over his IA.
publican competitors for the Presidep.
iial nomination. In being the first 70
lroundly condemn the message, and ID
having the national Republican conven.
ltion again called to meet NJ Chicago, ths
scene Of his former triumph. Shermans
friends favored Cincinnati, Ailisont
Minneapolis, and Hswley's Philadelphia
There was . great Republican pow
WOW last week at the meeting OF the Re-
publican national committee 10 this cy.
many statesmen Of national renown BE-.
ling present, several Of whom msds
lspeeches One admission. inadvertently
made by Ex-senator Window, OF Mn.
nesota, IL worth quoting He said that
liz the Democrats were successful bsxi
year. Abe Democracy would probably
continue In power fifteen or twenty
years. Most Democrats endorse this
prognostication.
Those who had expected to wituess
exciting or sensational scenes At The Or.
gsnization OF the Fiftieth or Cenienriil
1 Congress, were greatly disappointed, y
There was nothing unusual, except I
crank in the gallery. who aroused ih'
disabilities Of the vast thronR by singing
the doxology In . dolefui solo. In boil
The Senate aud House there SEEMED "a
have fallen showers Of fragrant snd "a
ldism flowers, hesh from rosy gardens
Ioi bloom and beauty Il wss . pleasant
sight TO see The beaming faces o. the 70
vered statesmen a. they gratefully smiles
lover the gifts Of admiring friends b.
very many OF the veteran C0ngressme
lwere saddened - they sought 10 vain 70
1.-The familiar countenaDces OF numbers Z
their late colleagues, whose public q
lreers had ended. ct least temporsril!
w. Among the missing were l25 from n
% House-lw o.thirds OF the chsirmen Z
commitiees being included IN the lis
Those conspicuous for absence in ID
~ House we're Morrison. Lowering. WsrDe
sh w ellborn, Cobb, Bragg and Barksdal
land from the Senate Camden, MAKE
Malone, Conger and "Woodpulp' MI
Her.
Last week only brief sessions 81 Col
Igress were held and little real work e
! n lie done until The committees are appel
ted The Senate committees will be
inounced this week. but owing 70
much greater difficulty Of organizing
House committees, II IL doubtful wse'
Ter they viii be announced before
&c. holiday recess.
Since last wrote You the Preside
has sent to the Senate The long expeel
nominations for the Supreme Court
the Cabinet, and Il Il thought ahey =
be easily confirmed. though there are
!, > mors Of opposition TO Mr.. Lamar
~ Mr.. Villas.
The Supreme Court rendered two
lporssnt decisions isst v eek, reversing
IRIS Judge Bond in the Virgins scupo
Icases-a notable triumph for S'A's
lrights; and affirming the contributions
lity Of The Kansas prohibi'ory isw
% great victory Tor the Prohibition pr
and anything but On acceptable ve'u
Ito the Republican party.
Mr.. Randall il carefully prepar.rs
ne bill or revenue reduction and sar'n
IA" form, looking 70 . sixty million az
cut In taxation - the amount 20 DC sc'
H leveniy divided between the tarin
internal taxes. II 10 the purpose o.
lPeDnsylvania ststesman 10 oner tn's